Australian Signals Directorate

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Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions

At least 85% of the targeted cyber intrusions that the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) responds to could be prevented by following the Top 4 mitigation strategies listed in our Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions:

use application whitelisting to help prevent malicious software and unapproved programs from running

restrict administrative privileges to operating systems and applications based on user duties.

The Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions are ranked in order of overall effectiveness. Rankings are based on ASD’s analysis of reported security incidents and vulnerabilities detected by ASD in testing the security of Australian government networks.

The Top 4 Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions are mandatory for Australian Government agencies as of April 2013.